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A Simple But Strong Cyber Security Strategy
It’s quite a task having to protect a small business from online dangers. The threats that can come across your network are vast and in order to avoid them you should consider having a Simple But Strong Cyber Security Strategy. You don’t have to know much about this topic to know that you absolutely need…
Government Database On 92M Brazilians Found For Sale
A Government Database on 92 million Brazilians was found for sale on a dark web forum. Following a tip-off from a analyst known as Breach Radar, a BleepingComputer reporter investigated the auction of an alleged government database containing the personal information. It was found that the seller called X4Crow was claiming that the database includes…
Patch That WhatsApp Zero-Day Exploit
Facebook has recently patched a critical zero-day exploit in WhatsApp, WhatsApp is urging users to update as soon as possible because hackers are able to exploit you remotely to install spyware on phones by calling the targeted device. WhatsApp did not name the threat actor exploiting the CVE-2019-3568, it described the attackers as an “advanced…
A Free decryptor tool for ZQ Ransomware
Victims affected by the ZQ Ransomware can have a breathe of relief due to researchers developing a free decryptor tool to decrypt files encrypted by the ZQ Ransomware. About The ZQ Ransomware Michael Gillespie Discovered this specific ransomware that adds a specific ZQ extension to encrypted files. The malware has infected users in the US,…
Malware Can Hide Within DICOM Medical Images
It has been found that malware can now hide within DICOM medical images. These are the type of images that doctors look at when they do XRay, CT or MRI scans. The analysis named Markel Picado Ortiz was able to take advantage of the DICOM flaw which allows the “128-byte section at the beginning of…
Microsoft Outlook.com Email Accounts Breached By Hackers
Many users received a notification from Microsoft Outlook.com letting them know about accounts being breached by hackers. A Motherboard report said that the breach is “much worse” than what was reported. The hackers were able to access emails and attachments and that the hackers were able to access a large number of Outlook, MSN and…
Windows Zero-Day Exploit
Windows has recently released a patch for a vulnerability exploit in the windows operating system which was unknown to many people until last week. The vulnerability would allow a hacker to open a door for full system control. Discovered by Vasily Berdnikov and Boris Larin of Kaspersky Lab on St. Patrick’s Day this year, the…
Ubiquiti Unifi USG-PRO-4 Security Appliance
The Ubiquiti UniFi Security Gateway Pro (USG-PRO-4)is a is an enterprise Gateway Router with Gigabit Ethernet and two combination SFP/RJ45 ports, combining reliable security features with high-performance routing technology in a cost-effective unit. The USG-PRO-4 is rack-mountable with fiber connectivity options and a dual-core, 1 GHz processor for maximum hardware‑accelerated performance. Ubiquiti UniFi Security Gateway Pro…
What is HIPAA used for?
Most of us already know the basic of HIPAA and what the acronym is which is; Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and it was passed by Congress in 1996. Now we can move onto the real question which is, what is HIPAA used for? Provides the ability to transfer and continue health insurance coverage…
New Phishing Trick That Can Bypass Email URL Filters
There is a new Phishing trick that hackers have come up with, this trick is to make Office documents carrying malicious links undetectable by many email security services. They go about deleting the links from the document’s relationship file (xml.rels). This phishing trick has been seen by security professionals during email spam campaigns, these URL’s…
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